knoflook – Dutch noun declension

Dutch noun forms of knoflook

Noun: knoflook
Gender: Neuter Hyphenation:
Sg.knoflook
Pl.knofloken

Sample Sentences

  • Zit er knoflook in deze pasta? (Is there garlic in this pasta?)
  • Er groeit hier veel knoflook. (There is a lot of garlic growing here.)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch knofloick, knuuflooch, a dissimilated variant of earlier Middle Dutch cloffloc (literally “clove-leek”), from Old Dutch *kloflōk, from Proto-West Germanic *klobulauk (literally “clove-leek”), equivalent to klieven + look. Compare German Knoblauch, West Frisian knyflok and English clove. See: German Nouns 'Knoblauch', English Nouns 'clove'.

Verbs referencing "knoflook"

German Nouns Knoblauch, Latvian Nouns ķiploks.

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